Folding farrowing house



July 12 1927. 1,635,942

H. KNUD SEN FOLDING FARROWING HOUSE Filed Oct. 31. 1925 a///w55.- y FMyth 70E.

QTTOE/VEK Patented July 12,1927. i 1 1,635,942

UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

HA NS KNUDSEN, F SCHLESWIG, IOWA.

FOLDING FARROWING HOUSE.

Application filed October 81, 1925. Serial No. 66,002.

This invention relates to improvements in ment with the eyes 12 of thebar-11 in the portable folding farrowing houses and one assembledposition of the house as shown in object is to provide a simplepractical de- Fig. 1. In Fig. 1 the house is shown assemvice of thistype that is cheap to manufacbled and with its doors closed. To fold theture, efiicient in use and that can be readily house the doors 6 areremoved from the end 60 assembled or folded. walls and placed inposition against the l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in wall 1,the cross bars22 are raised out of enview the invention consists in thecombinagagement with the bar 11 and placed in ention and arrangement ofparts to be heregagement with the retaining brackets 23 carinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the ried by the wall 1, the end walls foldedin- 65 appended claims and illustrated in the acwardly and the sidewalls permitted to fold companying drawing which forms a part towardeach other into the position shown of this application and in whichinFig. 4. It will be noted that the keepers Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof the folding for the doors 6 serve also to bracethe end is far-rowinghouse in operative position. Walls in the assembled or operativeposition 70 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing one of the same. In thefolded position of the corner of the house from the inside. houseeitheror bothof the free ends of the Fig. 3 is a view of the end of thehouse cross bars 22 may be used as handles to only, partly folded. carrythe house from place to place. l/Vhen Fig. 4 is a View showing the housecomthe house is in assembled position the eyes 75 pletely folded. i 12of the rod 10 are disposed at right angles Like reference charactersdenote cone to the eyes 12 of the rod 11, said rods and sponding partsthroughout the several views. eyes being retained in this relativeposition The structure comprises the side walls 1, by the saidconnecting rods.

2 which are hinged to the roof rod 3, each of What is claimed is so saidside walls being provided with a win- 1. In a folding farrowing house,side walls dow 4 and the wall 1 having secured thereto hinged together,said side walls terminating the spaced angular keepers 5, the upper endsat their free ends in sleeves, base rods disthereof being spaced awayfrom the wall to posed in said sleeves, folding sectional end receivethe removable door 6, provided with Walls hinged to said side walls,doors for the handle 7, when the'house isfolded or said end walls, crossrods releasably conwhen said doors are not in use. A stay bar meetingsaid base rods, angle pieces releas- 8 secured to the door connects thekeepers 5 ably connecting said cross rods and the end when the door istherebetween to retain the Walls, and retaining brackets carried by onesame in position. of said side walls for said cross rods in one 90 Thelower or free ends of the side walls position of the same. V are formedinto integral sleeves 9 to receive 2. In a portable folding harrowinghouse, the longitudinally extending base rods 10, side walls, a roof rodhingedly connecting 11 each of which terminates at each of its sald sidewalls, sleeves formed at the free ends in an eye 12 disposed beyond oneend ends of said side walls, base. rods having eyeof a side wall. Eachside wall 1, 2 is bent forming terminals disposed in saidsleeves,laterally at its ends to-form a flap 13 inside end rods connecting saidbase rods and roof of which the end rods 14, 15 are disposed to rod,sectional folding end walls hinged to which the sections 16, 17 of eachend wall are said end rods, doors for said end walls,

secured by hinges 18, said end wall sections cross rods releasablyconnecting said base 100 being connected together by the hinges 19, anrods, angle pieces releasably securing said opening 20 in each end wallbeing closed, cross rods to said end walls, and retaining when desired,by the said removable door 6 brackets for said cross rods in oneposition which is then retained in position by keepers of the same, saidcross rods in their last o 5 and a stay bar 8. named position forminghandles. 11

Each end wall section is provided with an In testimony that I claim theforegoing angle piece 21 to receive a cross bar 22, at as my own I havehereto aflixed my signaeach end of the house, said bars being per ture.manently connected to the eyes 12 of the bar 10 and adapted forreleasable engage- HANS KNUDSEN,

